Re: [Ikvm-developers] Java 8
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From: Jeroen F. <je...@su...> - 2014-01-26 08:44:32
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Integrating a new OpenJDK version is a pretty big chunk of work and I've been pretty busy lately with my real job, so I don't know when I'll have it done. I definitely wouldn't take any scheduling dependencies on it yet. Regards, Jeroen > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Cawse [mailto:nei...@ho...] > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 21:18 > To: ikv...@li... > Subject: [Ikvm-developers] Java 8 > > Jeroen first off I'd like to add to the thanks for all your good working > building IKVM. We have been using it for years very successfully > (migrated the POI Excel library to c#). Amazing work really. > > My question is around support for Java 8. With Java 8 around the corner, > we are internally wanting to start building some Java code in 8 because > of the improved date libraries among others but have the code fully > usable in c#. Looks like if you are updating ikvm, you may want to wait > for release before you do this? Perhaps its a lot of work merging your > changes into the OpenJDK 8? > If you could let us know your plans and timeline around this it would be > appreciated? > > thanks > Neil |